10 movies to see this fall

Caption'The Master' (Sept. 14)

I've already seen Paul Thomas Anderson's confounding and often hypnotic tale of a battle-scarred World War II veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) and his postwar indoctrination into a Scientology-like religion formed by the title character, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman.Ö Some of it is startlingly beautiful cinema, photographed in 70mm; most of the effective human drama is confined to the first half, but it's well worth the time and effort.

I've already seen Paul Thomas Anderson's confounding and often hypnotic tale of a battle-scarred World War II veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) and his postwar indoctrination into a Scientology-like religion formed by the title character, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman.Ö Some of it is startlingly beautiful cinema, photographed in 70mm; most of the effective human drama is confined to the first half, but it's well worth the time and effort.